A Severe Case of Tuberculosis Radiologically and Endoscopically Mimicking Colorectal Cancer with Peritoneal Carcinomatosis
Joint Authors
Neurath, Markus F.
Rath, Timo
Geißdörfer, Walter
Lang, Roland
Nägel, Andreas
Atreya, Raja
Source
Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-10-03
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Although generally rising in incidence, intestinal tuberculosis is still rare in western countries and due to unspecific manifestations mainly as ulcerations on endoscopy, diagnosis of intestinal tuberculosis is challenging.
Within this report, we describe a case of severe intestinal tuberculosis radiologically and endoscopically masquerading as colorectal cancer with peritoneal carcinomatosis.
Our case exemplifies that intestinal tuberculosis needs to be considered as a differential diagnosis in patients at risk and that undelayed and sensitive diagnosis of intestinal tuberculosis is of central importance for avoiding unfavorable disease outcome.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Rath, Timo& Atreya, Raja& Geißdörfer, Walter& Lang, Roland& Nägel, Andreas& Neurath, Markus F.. 2017. A Severe Case of Tuberculosis Radiologically and Endoscopically Mimicking Colorectal Cancer with Peritoneal Carcinomatosis. Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1145562
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Rath, Timo…[et al.]. A Severe Case of Tuberculosis Radiologically and Endoscopically Mimicking Colorectal Cancer with Peritoneal Carcinomatosis. Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Rath, Timo& Atreya, Raja& Geißdörfer, Walter& Lang, Roland& Nägel, Andreas& Neurath, Markus F.. A Severe Case of Tuberculosis Radiologically and Endoscopically Mimicking Colorectal Cancer with Peritoneal Carcinomatosis. Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1145562
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1145562